The 70-Year-Old Secret Behind La Casa Pizzaria's Famous Pizza

For more than 70 years, La Casa Pizzaria has been serving Omaha with a pizza recipe that's become part of the city's history.

In this special Restaurant Hoppen segment from Hurrdat and Yelp's Omaha food event at the Kiewit Luminarium, Dan Hoppen sits down with Nicole Jesse, owner of La Casa Pizzaria, to talk about the family history behind one of Omaha's most iconic pizza restaurants.

Nicole explains why La Casa's pizza doesn't look—or taste—like the typical pizza many people grew up with. The crust is thin and made without yeast, the pizza is finished directly on the oven rack for a unique grilled texture, and the restaurant makes its ingredients from scratch. Then there's the Romano cheese: a signature ingredient that has been part of La Casa's identity since the family's roots in Sicily.

Dan and Nicole also talk about what happens when someone tries La Casa for the first time, why some customers become lifelong fans after just a few visits, and what it means to operate a family restaurant that has welcomed multiple generations of Omaha diners.

This is a quick conversation with a big story behind it:

70 years. Multiple generations. One unmistakable pizza.

🍕 La Casa Pizzaria

🌐 https://lacasapizzaria.net/

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